Totem Poles, Korea
by Hiyoshi Mamoru (a.c. 1950s)

	Artist:	Hiyoshi Mamoru (a.c. 1950s)
	Title:	Totem Poles, Korea
	Series:	Korean Subjects
	Date of first edition?:	Not set
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Kyoto Hanga-In — 京都版画院
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Kyoto Hanga-In — 京都版画院
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	30940
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Japanese Woodblock Print Hiyoshi Mamoru This is a nice Japanese Wood block print by Hiyoshi Mamoru of Japan. It has great color and features several individuals including a man on a donkey / mule. The print is signed in pencil, " M. Hiyoshi " and had the stylized Mamoru seal and Shinagawa seal. I also found the following information on the web about this print: I believe that the name of this print is Totem Poles, Korea. I also think that it is in the oban tradition / style. I also found a biograpghy for Hiyoshi: He was born in Tokyo, Hiyoshi Mamoru studied art with Okada Saburosuke and graduated from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. In the early 1950's, he designed brightly colored woodblock prints of Korean people and their customs. The prints were published by the Kyoto Hanga-in. Many of Mamoru's prints are signed in English, M. Hiyoshi as this print is.